>> i think when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of being president of the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> let me read you the statement that came from john. colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision he made and i do not doubt it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. but that's not what he's saying in that sound bite. he said back on october 4th to andrea mitchell, that what we saw in the first debate was the president being lazy and incompetent. what place does this have in this conversation, if it's about issues? why are we hearing that from the national co-chair of the romney campaign? >> john sununu is a surrogate who does a lot of interviews and quite often is quite careless. i think it partly reflects a generational bias. when you look at a lot of folks from 20, 30 years ago, the idea of group pride being something that would motivate voters was an idea that seemed more credible in the past. i think that is really generational. i think that now that is seen as far less common and less